Field Trips & Tours

LET US CUSTOMIZE A VISIT FOR YOUR GROUP
The Lyman Allyn offers many exhibitions and programs that may be of interest to you and your students. Bring your class to the Museum for a self-guided our guided tour of the Museum’s exhibitions to enhance your classroom curriculum.

If you are interested in scheduling a tour, please make reservations by calling the Education Department at 860.443.2545 ext. 110 or email educational@lymanallyn.org.

Field Trip Option #1: Guided Tours

$4.00 per student This hour-long option is available Tuesday-Friday, 9:45am-4pm.

This field trip, which can be customized to meet K-12 curriculum standards, includes a welcome to the museum and an hour-long guided tour of the permanent collection or special exhibition of your choice. Four adults (teachers / chaperones) are free with the group. Groups may bring bag lunches to eat on the lawn or in the museum’s orientation space for an additional half hour.

Field Trip Option #2: Guided Tours & Art Project

$6.50 per student This two-hour long option is available Tuesday-Friday, 9:45am-4pm

This field trip, which can be customized to meet K-12 curriculum standards, includes a welcome to the museum, an hour-long guided tour of an exhibition of your choice and an hour-long, hands-on art class (each students leaves with their own finished work of art) in the museum’s studio. Art project options include: acrylic painting on canvas board, sculpting with clay and/or wire, printmaking, tribal rainstick workshop, or let us customize a project to complement your classroom studies. Four adults (teachers / chaperones) are free with the group. Groups may bring bag lunches to eat on the lawn or in the museum’s orientation space for an additional half hour.

Field Trip Option #3: Guided Tours & Writing Project

$6.50 per student This two-hour long option is available Tuesday-Friday, 9:45am-4pm

This field trip, which can be customized to meet K-12 curriculum standards, includes a welcome to the museum, an hour-long guided tour of an exhibition of your choice and an hour-long writing project. Students will learn how to write about art and then try their hand at composing an essay, story or poem about a work of art in the galleries. Four adults (teachers / chaperones) are free with the group. Groups may bring bag lunches to eat on the lawn or in the museum’s orientation space for an additional half hour.

Need help funding your trip?Through the Yellow Bus Fund, we are pleased to help cover the expense of buses for schools that would normally find this cost prohibitive when planning a visit. Due to the overwhelming interest, we can provide a full subsidy for the cost of transportation for New London public schools. The museum will provide a 50% subsidy for the cost of transportation for schools in New London County and 25% subsidy for schools coming from outside New London County. The subsidy is paid for bus trips from your school directly to the museum and back to your school with no additional stops.

*Special reduced admission/tour rates are available for all New London Schools
Please contact the museum’s education department for special reduced pricing on guided tours and art workshops.